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| country = Japan
| network = [[TVAll-Nippon Asahi|NETNews TVNetwork|ANN]] (NET)
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| developer = Shozo Uehara
| writer =
| company = [[ToeiTV CompanyAsahi|NET]]<br>[[IshimoriToei ProductionsCompany]]
| director = Atsuo Okunaka
| num_episodes = 118
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| composer = [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]
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{{Infobox television
| name = Moero!! Robocon
| genre = [[Tokusatsu]]<br>[[Comedy]]
| runtime = 24-25 minutes (per episode)
| country = Japan
| network = [[TV Asahi]]
| image =
| caption =
| developer = Satoru Nishizono
| writer =
| director = Taro Sakamoto
| num_episodes = 51
| list_episodes =
| creator = [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]
| company = Toei Company<br>Ishimori Productions
| starring =
| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|1|31}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2000|1|23}}
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer = [[Takanori Arisawa]]
| producer =
| narrated =
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{{nihongo|'''''Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|がんばれ!!ロボコン|Ganbare!! Robokon|''Do Your Best!! Robocon''}} is a Japanese [[tokusatsu]] [[comedy]] family robot television series created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and produced by [[Toei AnimationCompany|Toei]]. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on [[TV Asahi|NET TV]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85549|script-title=ja:がんばれ!!ロボコン(1974~1977)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref>
[[File:Kuha2053108.JPG|thumb|This train on the [[Senseki Line]], commissioned in honor of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], features Robocon prominently.]]
{{nihongo|'''''Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|がんばれ!!ロボコン|Ganbare!! Robokon|''Do Your Best!! Robocon''}} is a Japanese [[tokusatsu]] [[comedy]] family robot television series created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and produced by [[Toei Animation|Toei]]. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on [[TV Asahi|NET TV]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85549|script-title=ja:がんばれ!!ロボコン(1974~1977)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref>
 
{{nihongo|'''''Moero!! Robocon'''''|燃えろ!!ロボコン|Moero!! Robokon|''Burn!! Robocon''}} ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the finale of ''[[Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack]]'') to January 23, 2000 (a week before the premiere of ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=88085|script-title=ja:燃えろ!!ロボコン(1999~2000)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref> This series joined ''[[Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive]]''.
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{{nihongo|'''''Moero!! Robocon vs. Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|燃えろ!!ロボコンVSがんばれ!!ロボコン|''Moero!! Robokon tai Ganbare!! Robokon''}} December 10, 1999, Toei released the direct to video movie where the Robocon of the 90s meets the original Robocon from the 70s.
 
In 2006, [[Cartoon Network]] planned to develop a western animated adaptation titled '''''Robocon!''''' The series would have been set in a futuristic city called Neo-Con City. The series never went beyond an animatic pilot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perkypickle.com/robocon/|title = Robocon!}}</ref>

A newrecent film {{nihongo|'''''Ganbareiwa!! Robocon: Oo-la-la! Lovable Soupless Tantanmen!! Chapter'''''|がんばれいわ!!ロボコン ウララ〜!恋する汁なしタンタンメン!!の巻|Ganbareiwa!! Robokon: Urara~! Koi Suru Shiru-Nashi Tantanmen!! no Maki}} was released theatrically on July 31, 2020. It is paired with the anime films ''Jintai no Survival'' and ''Sprin' Pan Mae e Susumō!''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/ganbareiwa-robocon-robot-comedy-film-reveals-cast/.160752|title = Ganbareiwa!! Robocon Robot Comedy Film Reveals Cast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-13/sprin-pan-let-go-forward-anime-short-screens-alongside-jintai-no-survival-robocon-double-bill/.161751|title='Sprin' Pan Let's go forward!' Anime Short Screens Alongside Jintai no Survival!/Robocon Double Bill}}</ref>
 
==Plot==
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== Characters ==
=== Robots ===
* {{nihongo|'''Robocon'''|ロボコン|Robokon}}: A robot who lives amongst humans and aids them as part of his studies at Robot Academy. However, Robocon is a screw-up and is afraid of cockroaches. He can transform into the '''Robocon Car'''.
[[File:Roboconrobots.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Robocon and Gantsu Sensei, with the 2nd class robots in ''Moero!! Robocon'']]Note: The characters listed are from both the original series and the 1999 series, ''Moero!! Robocon''.
* {{nihongo|'''GantsuGantz SenseiTeacher'''|ガンツ先生|Gantsu Sensei}}: The robot teacher of Robot Academy who built all his student robots, who he accesses via the Scoring Connecter to check their "study" of the week.
* '''Robocon''': A robot who lives amongst humans and aids them as part of his studies at Robot Academy. However, Robocon is a screw-up and is afraid of cockroaches. He can transform into the '''Robocon Car'''.
* '''Robin''': A ballerina robot and Robocon's love interest. Her mission is to attend ballet class.
* '''Gantsu Sensei''': The robot teacher of Robot Academy who built all his student robots, who he accesses via the Scoring Connecter to check their "study" of the week.
* '''Robina''': ballerina robot and Robocon's love interest. Her mission is to attend ballet class. In the 1999 reboot, she is a cupid robot, and her mission is to mediate between men and women with "Love Love Arrow" and "Tokimeki Harp". Unlike the other robots, her appearance is almost the same as a human being. She and Gantsu are the only other robot characters from the original series who appear in the reboot.
 
== Characters ==
=== Robots ===
* '''Robin''': A robotic ballerina who Robocon has a crush on. Robin-chan played a major role in the film "Robocon Dai Boken" in which she was kidnapped by space pirates when their leader, the elderly warlock Akuma, wants her as his bride.
 
*'''Robopu''': A robot with a teapot for a head.
*'''Roboinu''': A dog-like robot who wears a bucket on his head.
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*'''Robogari''': A teacher robot with a lightbulb-shaped head. He always gets a perfect score, which annoys Robocon.
*'''Roboton''': A construction robot with a hammer for a face.
*'''Robodoro''': A frog robot.
*'''Robosho''': A firefighter robot.
*'''Robopar''': A robot who often falls apart when distressed.
*'''Robokui''': A chef robot shaped like an egg.
*'''Robocar''': A car robot that resembles a giant shoe.
*'''Robochan''': A baby robot.
*'''Robomero''': A girl robot.
*'''Robodeki''': A genius robot.
*'''Robopeke''': A kind robot.
*'''Robopin''': A fortune teller robot.
*'''Roboriki''': A gorilla-like muscular robot
*'''Robochoi''':
*'''Robomecha''':
*'''Robina''':
 
==Cast==
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* {{nihongo|Makoto Oyama|大山 まこと|Ōyama Makoto}}: {{nihongo|[[Nobuyoshi Fukuda]]|福田 信義|Fukuda Nobuyoshi}}
* {{nihongo|Robin|ロビン|Robin}}: {{nihongo|[[Kaho Shimada]]|島田 歌穂|Shimada Kaho}}
* {{nihongo|Yukari Yamamoto|山本 ゆかり|Yamamoto Yukari}}: {{nihongo|[[Yukari Yamamoto (Actressactress)|Yukari Yamamoto]]|山本 由香利|Yamamoto Yukari}}
* {{nihongo|Officer Machida|町田巡査|Machida Junsa}}: {{nihongo|[[Tōru Yuri]]|由利 徹|Yuri Tōru}}
* {{nihongo|Taro Ogawa|小川 太郎|Ogawa Tarō}}: {{nihongo|[[Masahiro Sumiyoshi]]|住吉 正博|Sumiyoshi Masahiro}}
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* {{nihongo|Gantz-sensei|ガンツ先生|Gantsu-Sensei}}: {{nihongo|[[Keiichi Noda]]|野田 圭一|Noda Keiichi}}
* {{nihongo|Robogari|ロボガリ|Robogari}}: {{nihongo|[[Sachiko Chijimatsu]]|千々松 幸子|Chijimatsu Sachiko}}
* {{nihongo|Robopar|ロボパー|Robopā}}: {{nihongo|[[Kōji Yada]]|矢田 耕司|Yada KoujiKōji}}
* {{nihongo|Robo Mecha|ロボメカ|Robomeka}}: {{nihongo|[[Kōji Yada]]|矢田 耕司|Yada KoujiKōji}}
* Robowal/Robopu/
* {{nihongo|Robopin|ロボピン|Robopin}}: [[Ichirō Nagai]]
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==Episodes==
# {{nihongo|A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed|大当り!! ロボ根性全開|Ōatari!! Robo konjō zenkai}}
# {{nihongo|The First Usage|はじめてのおつかい|HajimetenōtsukaiHajimeteno otsukai}}
# {{nihongo|Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled|大ピンチ!! オイラ解体|Dai pinchi!! Oira kaitai}}
# {{nihongo|Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything|絶好調! 何でも修理魔|Zekkōchō! Nani demoNandemo shūri ma}}
 
==Theme Songs==
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*OP 1: Ganbare Robocon, written by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]
*OP 2: {{nihongo|Oira Robocon Robotto dai!|おいらロボコンロボットだい!}} by Shotaro Ishinomori
*ED 1: {{nihongo|Robocon, Best in the Robot World|ロボコン・ロボット世界一|Robokon Robotto Sekaiichi}} written by [[Saburō Yatsude]]
*ED 2: {{nihongo|Robocon Gattsurakon|ロボコンガッツラコン}} by Saburō Yatsude
*Summer ED: {{nihongo|Robocon Ondo|ロボコン音頭}} by Saburō Yatsude
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[[Category:1974 Japanese television series debuts]]
[[Category:1977 Japanese television series endings]]
[[Category:1999 Japanese television series debuts]]
[[Category:2000 Japanese television series endings]]
[[Category:Robocon Series]]
[[Category:Ganbare!! Robocon]]
[[Category:Moero!! Robocon]]
[[Category:Japanese comedy television series]]
[[Category:Japanese television shows featuring puppetry]]